Váci út
Encyclopedia
Váci út is one of the widest and busiest avenue
Avenue
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s in Budapest, Hungary. It's about 12 km long and has 4-8 traffic lanes.
Location
It starts by the Grand BoulevardGrand Boulevard (Budapest)
Nagykörút or Grand Boulevard is one of the most central and busiest parts of Budapest, a major thoroughfare built by 1896, Hungary's Millennium. It forms a semicircle connecting two bridges of the Danube, Margaret Bridge on the north and Petőfi Bridge on the south...
next to Nyugati Railway Station and runs to north in Angyalföld
Angyalföld
Angyalföld is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. Administratively it belongs to District 13th. The traditionally working class neighbourhood went through a process of gentrification due to the office-building boom of the 1990s.- Location :...
and Újpest
Újpest
Újpest may refer to:*Újpest, a district of Budapest, Hungary.*Újpest FC, a football team based in Újpest....
- two populous former worker's district - crossing Dózsa György Avenue, Róbert Károly Boulevard and Árpád
Árpád
Árpád was the second Grand Prince of the Hungarians . Under his rule the Hungarian people settled in the Carpathian basin. The dynasty descending from him ruled the Hungarian tribes and later the Kingdom of Hungary until 1301...
Avenue. There were several iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
factories, tan-yards and clothes factories along Váci Avenue, it was one of the focal points of Hungarian workers' movement at the turn of the century
Turn of the century
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. Majority of factories closed after fall of the communism, banks, offices and other administrative buildings occupied former industrial areas.
M3 metro
Line 3 (Budapest Metro)
The Metro 3 is the longest line of Budapest Metro. It connects the northern Újpest, and the southern Kőbánya-Kispest. Daily ridership: 626,179.-History:...
runs under Váci Avenue, it has 7 metro stations from Nyugati Railway Station to Újpest-Városkapu
Újpest-Városkapu
Újpest-Városkapu is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro. It primarily serves the extreme southwest corner of District IV and northwest District XIII...
(New Pest-City Gate, it was the city limit of Budapest before formation of Greater Budapest
Greater Budapest
Greater Budapest is the name of Budapest in its present, extended size, as it was created by the Law No. XXVI of 1949 passed on December 15, 1949 and it came into force on January 1, 1950...
).
Notable buildings
- Nyugati Railway Station (Nyugati pályaudvar)
- WestEnd City CenterWestEnd City CenterThe WestEnd City Center is a shopping centre located next to the Western Railway Station, in Budapest, Hungary. Opened on 12 November 1999, it is known for having been the largest mall in Central Europe until larger ones were inaugurated, including Arena Plaza, also in Pest.Other notable malls in...
- LehelLehelLehel was a Magyar chieftain, one of the brilliant military leaders of prince Taksony of Hungary, the descendant of Árpád. He was one of the most important figures of the Magyar invasions of Europe...
Market (Lehel piac, Lehel tér) - Metropolitan Water Works HQ (Fővárosi Vízművek)
- Budapest Electrical Works HQ (Budapesti Elektromos Művek)
- Central Authenticate Office (Központi Okmányiroda)
- Árpád BridgeÁrpád BridgeÁrpád Bridge or Árpád híd is a bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting northern Buda and Pest across the Danube.It is the longest bridge in Hungary, spanning about 2 km with the sections leading up to the bridge, and 928 m without them...
Bus Station (Árpád híd buszpályaudvar, suburban bus station) - Attila JózsefAttila JózsefAttila József was one of the most important and well-known Hungarian poets of the 20th century.-Biography:The son of Áron József, a soap factory worker of Romanian origin from Bánát, and Hungarian peasant girl Borbála Pőcze, he was born in Ferencváros, a poor district of Budapest. He had two elder...
Theatre (József Attila Színház) - National Police HQ - Metropolitan Police HQ - Pest County Police HQLaw enforcement in HungaryLaw enforcement in Hungary is split among the Police and Border Guards, and the Customs and Excise Authority. Since 2006, the Police has been subject to the Ministry of Justice, when the Ministry of Interior was re-structured to deal with Municipalities and Regional Development...
(Országos Rendőrfőkapitányság, Budapesti Rendőrfőkapitányság, Pest Megyei Rendőrfőkapitányság) - Hungarian State TreasuryTreasuryA treasury is either*A government department related to finance and taxation.*A place where currency or precious items is/are kept....
(Magyar Államkincstár) - National Pension Insurance (Országos Nyugdíjbiztosítási Főigazgatóság)
- National Health Insurance (Országos Egészségbiztosítási Pénztár)
- AXA Bank EuropeAXA Bank EuropeAXA Bank Europe, located in Brussels, is AXA Group’s banking arm that provides retail banking solutions to individuals and small companies in Europe...
SA Hungarian HQ (AXA Bank Europe SA Magyarországi Fióktelepe) - State Public Health and Medical Officer's Institution (Állami Népegészségügyi és Tisztiorvosi Szolgálat)
- Madarász Street Children's HospitalChildren's HospitalChildren's Hospital is the name for many hospitals that care for children including:*Arkansas Children's Hospital*Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center*Children's Hospital *Children's Hospital...
(Madarász utcai Gyermekkórház) - DanubeDanubeThe Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
MallMallMall may refer to:* The Mall, London, the landmark ceremonial approach road to Buckingham Palace* The Mall Athens, a major shopping mall in the greater area of Athens, Greece* National Mall, an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C....
(Duna Pláza) - New Pest-City Gate Bus Station (Újpest-Városkapu buszpályaudvar, suburban bus station)
- TungsramTungsramTungsram is a Hungarian manufacturer of light bulbs and vacuum tubes since 1896. General Electric, in 1990, acquired majority share in one of Hungary's largest, oldest, and internationally most prestigious firms, the light-source manufacturer Tungsram. Over the past six years GE has invested $600...
Source
- Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5